digenetic flukes

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• digenetic — 1. Pertaining to or characterized by digenesis. SYN: heteroxenous. 2. Pertaining to the d. fluke. * * * di·ge·net·ic .dī jə net ik adj 1) of or relating to digenesis 2) of or relating to the taxon Digenea of trematode worms * * * di·ge·net·ic… …   Medical dictionary

• Heterophyes — A genus of digenetic flukes (family Heterophyidae) parasitic in fish eating birds and mammals, including man; cercariae from infected snails penetrate and encyst in fish, which are eaten by the final hosts. [hetero + G. phye, stature, form] H.… …   Medical dictionary

• Echinochasmus — A genus of digenetic flukes (family Echinostomatidae), particularly common in wading and fish eating birds; the species E. perfoliatus var. japonicus is reported as a rare intestinal parasite of humans in Japan. [echino + G. chasma, open mouth] * …   Medical dictionary

• Echinostoma — A genus of digenetic flukes (family Echinostomatidae) with characteristic oral spines; widely distributed and parasitic in a broad range of bird and mammal hosts; several species have been reported in humans from Southeast Asia. [echino + G.… …   Medical dictionary

• Platyhelminthes — A phylum of flatworms that are bilaterally symmetric, flattened, and acelomate. There is no digestive tract in some platyhelminths (Cestoda), or the gut may be incomplete (without an anus), as in the Trematoda; most of the forms are… …   Medical dictionary

• Distoma — Obsolete term for various digenetic flukes, now referred to other genera; e.g., Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Paragonimus, Opisthorchis, Clonorchis, Dicrocoelium, Heterophyes, and Schistosoma. SYN: Distomum. [G. di , two, + stoma …   Medical dictionary

• distomiasis, distomatosis — Presence in any of the organs or tissues of digenetic flukes formerly classified as Distoma or Distomum; in general, infection by any parasitic trematode or fluke. hemic d. SYN: schistosomiasis. pulmonary d. SYN: paragonimiasis …   Medical dictionary

• Pseudamphistomum — A genus of digenetic flukes of the family Opisthorchiidae; P. truncatum is a species that infects the bile ducts of the dog and cat (rarely of humans) in Europe and India. [pseud + G. amphi, two sided, + stoma, mouth] * * * Pseud·am·phis·to·mum… …   Medical dictionary

• flatworm — /flat werrm /, n. any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having bilateral symmetry and a soft, solid, usually flattened body, including the planarians, tapeworms, and trematodes; platyhelminth. [1895 1900; FLAT1 + WORM] * * * or platyhelminth… …   Universalium

• fluke — Common name for members of the class Trematoda (phylum Platyhelminthes). All flukes of mammals (subclass Digenea) are internal parasites in the adult stage and are characterized by complex digenetic life cycles involving a …   Medical dictionary

• Fasciolosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 B66.3 ICD 9 121.3 …   Wikipedia